TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
培
培 ＝ 土 ＋ 咅
ㄆㄟˊ · péi
verb — to bank up earth around; to cultivate, foster
字源 FORM — what the parts do
咅聲pǒu — gives the sound
Ipǒu → péi — the initial moved
Soil (土) heaped up around the roots — to bank up earth. 咅 pǒu carries the sound, the same donor under 陪 and 倍, worn to péi. From piling earth on roots comes the figure: to cultivate, to foster a person: 培養、栽培.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
蹲在苗邊，一捧捧把土（土）堆到根上。
Crouched by the seedling, banking earth (土) up around its roots, handful by handful.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)培土— to bank earth around (roots)
→培養、栽培— to cultivate, to foster常用
→培育— to nurture, to bring up
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension